Twitter implements a policy change to delete descriptions about transgender from posting prohibited examples



Twitter has a violent and discriminatory language policy that prohibits attacks on others based on their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or gender. However, around April 2023, it became clear that the mention of transgender was removed from the policy.

GLAAD Responds To Twitter's Roll-Back of Long-Standing LGBTQ Hate Speech Policy | GLAAD

https://www.glaad.org/releases/glaad-responds-twitters-roll-back-long-standing-lgbtq-hate-speech-policy



Twitter's policy on abusive, threatening, and racist behavior | Twitter Help
https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/hateful-conduct-policy



Twitter has created and publishes a hateful conduct policy, but this policy is not static and changes frequently. Checking the policy as of February 8, 2023 on the Wayback Machine , specific prohibited actions include ``intentionally misrepresenting the gender of a transgender individual'' and ``calling a transgender individual by their pre-gender name''. mentioned as an example.



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the archive as of March 14, 2023 , the above specific example has been deleted. However, as of March 14, transgender is included in the ``targeted group of attacks'' described in the ``basic principles'', and the description about transgender has not completely disappeared.



The mention of 'transgender' in the policy remained until April 13, 2023 , but the word 'transgender' has completely disappeared in the archives as of April 15, 2023 . At the same time, specific examples of targets for attacks such as `` women '', `` people of color '', `` lesbians '', `` queers '', `` intersex '', and `` asexuals '' that remained until April 13 have been deleted. This situation continues even at the time of article creation.



“Social platforms like TikTok, Pinterest and Meta maintain policies to protect transgender people,” said Sarah Kate Ellis, CEO of GLAAD, a sexual minority-related non-governmental organization. The change will lead to out of step with other platforms.' ``Social media companies should work to improve their policies on hate speech, and there is no need to remove long-standing policies,'' Twitter said . I apologize for rewriting.

In addition, in a survey targeting sexual minorities conducted by GLAAD and Amnesty International in 2023, 60% of the respondents said, ``Since Elon Musk became CEO, he has suffered discriminatory behavior on Twitter. The number of people who are exposed to it has increased.' ``Twitter's decision to covertly unwind its long-standing policy is an example of how dangerous Twitter is for advertisers and users,'' Ellis said in light of the findings and this policy change.




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